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Parc de la Creueta del Coll
With a popular swimming lake
Created in 1981–7 from an abandoned quarry, the land destined to become a housing development, instead, after a battl, it became instead a popular palm-rimmed swimming lake with an island and beach.
The de rigueur public art is here as well: a piece by Ellsworth Kelly, and Eduardo Chillida’s giant gentle claw, the Elogi de l’Aigua (‘water eulogy’).
Practical Info 
Passeig de la Mare de Déu del Coll 77
Hours Nov—Mar daily from 10am to 7pm; Apri—Oct daily from 10am to 9pm.
Metro El Coll/La Teixonera
Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls
Images by Sergi Serrà i Jordi, Xaxat